What are you reading now? (February 2006)
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What are you reading now? (February 2006)
I just finished The Namesake.
Started Pride and Prejudice on Audio.
Reading 1984
Reading Give it Up also, when I can.
Started Pride and Prejudice on Audio.
Reading 1984
Reading Give it Up also, when I can.
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I just finished Walking Shadow by Robert B. Parker. It's not at all the type of book I'd normally read (mass-market mystery), but my neighbor loaned it to me and therefore I felt obligated to read it. It was actually surprisingly good... completely far-fetched and ridiculous, but a really fast read that provided a relaxing mindless way to pass a couple of evenings.
Next up? I'm undecided. Leading candidates include...
Three Junes by Julia Glass (chicklit)
Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon (travel memoirs)
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear (scifi, suggested by a friend)
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
No Logo by Naomi Klein
I'm too 'blah' to read tonight, so we'll see what I'm in the mood for when the reading bug hits tomorrow.
Next up? I'm undecided. Leading candidates include...
Three Junes by Julia Glass (chicklit)
Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon (travel memoirs)
Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear (scifi, suggested by a friend)
Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
No Logo by Naomi Klein
I'm too 'blah' to read tonight, so we'll see what I'm in the mood for when the reading bug hits tomorrow.
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I've read "Main Street" and "No Logo". They're both really dense books; you'll never read them straight through. But they're good.
I think you should start with "Three Junes".
I think you should start with "Three Junes".
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Argh, Pride and Prejudice started skipping on the first CD! I quit listening (couldn't get through several parts...) and started For Laci by Sharon Rocha.
Still reading 1984 but momentarily pausing to squeeze in some short stories by Nikolai Gogol (because I read The Namesake and got interested).
Also reading Give it Up still.
Still reading 1984 but momentarily pausing to squeeze in some short stories by Nikolai Gogol (because I read The Namesake and got interested).
Also reading Give it Up still.
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I just read A Paper Life, Tatum O'Neal's biography. She strikes me as a bit of a wingnut, but her life is really sad, and Ryan O'Neal comes off as a complete a**hole. I was also obsessed with "Bad New Bears" when I was little.
Now I have a self-help book called Complete Confidence, but I need some fiction to offset it. Any thoughts?
Now I have a self-help book called Complete Confidence, but I need some fiction to offset it. Any thoughts?
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I am reading The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. This guy is a genius. Here's the entry on Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Gladwell
He also wrote Blink, which I read last week, and loved as well.
He also wrote Blink, which I read last week, and loved as well.
I'm reading Shantaram, the best novel ever written according to a lot of amazon reviewers and a bunch of other people. I hope they're right, since it's 940 pages long and I'm only on page 138! I found the beginning boring, but I find most books boring in the beginning, so we'll see.
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I actually enjoyed The Tipping Point more.
I just finished The Bitch Posse by Marth O'Connor. This was definitely a darker look into the lives of teenage girls than is usually portrayed in novels. Sheesh.
Now I'm reading Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani. I think it's a character driven novel about a small town.
I just finished The Bitch Posse by Marth O'Connor. This was definitely a darker look into the lives of teenage girls than is usually portrayed in novels. Sheesh.
Now I'm reading Big Stone Gap by Adriana Trigiani. I think it's a character driven novel about a small town.
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